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759 school children from five primary schools in a rural area of Kanpur were studied. The children ranged in age from 5 to 15 years. Nearly two-thirds belonged to the scheduled castes. No significant difference in the average height and weight in different castes was observed but the variance of individual observations was greater in the scheduled castes than in the Brahmins. The correlation between different parameters was calculated.
The height of school children in this study compared well with the I.C.M.R. averages but the weight was comparable only for the younger children being less than the All-India figures for older ones.
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From the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur.
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Trivedi, B.K., Srivastava, B.C. & Maheshwari, B.B. A study of height and weight of primary school children of a rural area near Kanpur. Indian J Pediatr 38, 20–26 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02787645
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